योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-10

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
काष्ठकुड्योपमो देहो न किंचन इहानघ ।
स्वप्नालोक इवानेन चेतसा परिकल्प्यते ॥ १० ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
kāṣṭhakuḍyopamo deho na kiṃcana ihānagha ,
svapnāloka ivānena cetasā parikalpyate 10

10. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca kāṣṭhakuḍyopamaḥ dehaḥ na kiñcana
iha anagha svapnālokaḥ iva anena cetasā parikalpyate

10. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca anagha iha dehaḥ kāṣṭhakuḍyopamaḥ
na kiñcana anena cetasā svapnālokaḥ iva parikalpyate

10. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O sinless one (anagha), the body here is like a wooden wall, nothing at all. It is imagined by this mind (cetas) as if it were a dream-vision.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sage Vasiṣṭha (the venerable Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• काष्ठकुड्योपमः (kāṣṭhakuḍyopamaḥ) - like a wooden wall

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - nothing at all (anything, something, nothing (with negation))

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• अनघ (anagha) - (Addressing Rama) (O sinless one! O faultless one!)

• स्वप्नालोकः (svapnālokaḥ) - dream-vision, appearance in a dream

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनेन (anena) - by this (mind) (by this (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind, by consciousness

• परिकल्प्यते (parikalpyate) - is imagined, is created, is conceived

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sage Vasiṣṭha (the venerable Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the venerable Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

Compound of Śrī (venerable) and Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, sacred, prosperity
  indeclinable
• vasiṣṭha – name of a celebrated Vedic sage
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect Active of root VAC (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

काष्ठकुड्योपमः (kāṣṭhakuḍyopamaḥ) - like a wooden wall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāṣṭhakuḍyopama

kāṣṭhakuḍyopama - resembling a wooden wall

Compound of kāṣṭha (wood), kuḍya (wall), and upama (like).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāṣṭha+kuḍya+upama)

• kāṣṭha – wood, stick
  noun (neuter)
• kuḍya – wall
  noun (neuter)
• upama – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: upa

Note: Qualifies 'dehaḥ'.

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - nothing at all (anything, something, nothing (with negation))

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'kim' and 'cana'

Note: Used with 'na' to mean "nothing at all".

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

अनघ (anagha) - (Addressing Rama) (O sinless one! O faultless one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Negation of 'agha' (sin, fault)

Compound type : tatpurusha (an+agha)

• an – not, non
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, fault, evil
  noun (neuter)

Note: Vocative form.

स्वप्नालोकः (svapnālokaḥ) - dream-vision, appearance in a dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapnāloka

svapnāloka - dream-vision, appearance in a dream

Compound of 'svapna' (dream) and 'āloka' (vision, appearance)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+āloka)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• āloka – light, vision, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Functions as the object of comparison for 'deha'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

अनेन (anena) - by this (mind) (by this (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: It is an instrumental form. 'cetas' is neuter, 'anena' is masc/neut.

चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind, by consciousness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intelligence

S-stem neuter noun.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

परिकल्प्यते (parikalpyate) - is imagined, is created, is conceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kalp

Present Passive

3rd person singular Present Passive of root KḷP (to create, form) with prefix PARI. (Causative of kḷp is kalpayati).

Prefix: pari

Root: kḷp (class 1)